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..:=*§$&##             #...========...#             ##&$§*=:..
...:=*§$&#      ####.== Fermi'S Paradox ==.####     #&$§*=:...
....:=*§$&             #...========...#             &$§*=:....
.....:=*§$                                          $§*=:.....
......:=*§ On  Earth (The  Planet Where I  Live)  A §*=:......
.......:=* Lot Of  Us  Have  Antennas On Our Houses *=:.......
......:=*§ Or  Balconies,   We   Have  Built  Large §*=:......
.....:=*§$ Antennas  For  Larger Bandwith,  We Have $§*=:.....
....:=*§$&      Build Specialized Antennaes For     &$§*=:....
...:=*§$&#    Specific Wavelengths (And Sent Them   #&$§*=:...
..:=*§$&## Into Orbit), We'Ve  Built  Large As Fuck ##&$§*=:..
.:=*§$&###              Antenna Arrays              ###&$§*=:.
..:=*§$&## We'Ve Virtually Built An Antenna  With A ##&$§*=:..
...:=*§$&#         Dish As Large As Earth.          #&$§*=:...
....:=*§$&                                          &$§*=:....
.....:=*§$ We'Ve Learned About Our Position In  The $§*=:.....
......:=*§     Solar System, Our Solar Systems      §*=:......
.......:=* Placement   In   The  Galaxy,   And  Our *=:.......
......:=*§ Galaxys  Placement In The Local Cluster, §*=:......
.....:=*§$ And  =Our= Local  Clusters Place  In The $§*=:.....
....:=*§$&          Grand Scheme Of Things          &$§*=:....
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..:=*§$&## And  We'Re  Moving  Around  The  Sun  At ##&$§*=:..
.:=*§$&### Velocity And The  Suns Moving Around The ###&$§*=:.
..:=*§$&## Center  Of The  Galaxy At  Velocity  And ##&$§*=:..
...:=*§$&# The  Galaxy Is  Moving Toward  Andromeda #&$§*=:...
....:=*§$&   And We'Re Both Moving Anticlockwise    &$§*=:....
.....:=*§$ Around  The Galaxy. And We  As A Species $§*=:.....
......:=*§ Have Learned To Take All That In Account §*=:......
.......:=*                                          *=:.......
......:=*§ And  Despite  All  This, Despite All Our §*=:......
.....:=*§$   (Cliche) Beaming Of Fucking Stellar    $§*=:.....
....:=*§$& Radio  Programmes Out In  Fucking  Space &$§*=:....
...:=*§$&# At The  Speed Of  Light  (Light  Is  Our #&$§*=:...
..:=*§$&##  Medium! Goodspeed You, Black Emperor!), ##&$§*=:..
.:=*§$&###      Despite Ghosts Helping And The      ###&$§*=:.
..:=*§$&##     Collective Consciousness Lowpass     ##&$§*=:..
...:=*§$&#    Filtering, Despite Our Very Obvious   #&$§*=:...
....:=*§$& Beaming  Of  All  Our Secrets  In  Every &$§*=:....
.....:=*§$          Direction Known To Us,          $§*=:.....
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.......:=* No   .    One    .   Has    .   Answered *=:.......
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.....:=*§$             #...========...#             $§*=:.....
....:=*§$&      ####.== Fermi'S Paradox ==.####     &$§*=:....
...:=*§$&#             #...========...#             #&$§*=:...
..:=*§$&##                                          ##&$§*=:..
.:=*§$&###             So Why Is That?              ###&$§*=:.
..:=*§$&##                                          ##&$§*=:..
...:=*§$&# Most Opponents  To  Intelligent Life  In #&$§*=:...
....:=*§$& The Universe  Say It'S Because  You Need &$§*=:....
.....:=*§$ A Class  One-Or-The-Other  Star  And The $§*=:.....
......:=*§ Planet  Needs  To  Be  At  A  See-And-So §*=:......
.......:=* Distance Away  From The Star (Like There *=:.......
......:=*§           Has To Be A Planet!)           §*=:......
.....:=*§$                                          $§*=:.....
....:=*§$& But  Really   Isn'T  That  Keeping   The &$§*=:....
...:=*§$&#      Definition Of Life Really Lax?      #&$§*=:...
..:=*§$&##                                          ##&$§*=:..
.:=*§$&### I Think  Everyone Agrees That We Have No ###&$§*=:.
..:=*§$&## Idea What  We'Re Doing (And  It Probably ##&$§*=:..
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......:=*§     ####.== Fermi'S Paradox ==.####      §*=:......
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.....:=*§$ I'M  Gonna Go  Smoke My  Third Cigarette $§*=:.....
....:=*§$& This Year And Try  To Snatch  Some Beers &$§*=:....
...:=*§$&#         From The Local Beer Thing        #&$§*=:...
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